## Rachel98 Group Title I don't really get this. Question: Use the rules for exponents and roots to prove that 512^2/3 = 16^3/2 one year ago one year ago

1. mjr632

Do you mean a rigorous formal proof?

2. Rachel98

I don't really know. This is what the question was and I don't get it.

3. mjr632

Do you understand how to use logarithms?

4. Rachel98

No

5. mjr632

Ah, you will want to understand natural logarithms for this question, I can explain it.

6. mjr632

$y = \log_b x$ $x = b^y$

7. mjr632

If we take the natural logarithm of $512^{\frac{2}{3}}$ $\frac{2}{3}\ln(512)$

8. mjr632

We can pull the exponent out

9. Rachel98

So, is that a cube root? That we ended up with?

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15. precal

yes they are both equivalent

16. Rachel98

Thanks, so much. That makes sense now.

17. precal

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18. precal

no need to use logs here

19. ghass1978

just using exponents :512=2^9 so 512^(2/3)=2^6 and 16^(3/2)=2^6 so both are equal

20. Rachel98

Thanks

21. precal

yw